John Hunter (bef. 1770)

Born before 1770 in Ireland

Husband of Jane (Work) Hunter — married [date unknown] in Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

Born Before 1770, Ireland ^[1]

Event: Arrival in America 1798 ^[2] Age: About 27-28.

Immigration: 1800 Age: About 29-30.

Residence 1801^[3] Age: About 30-31. 1840^[4] Age: about 70

Family Origin

"The Hunter family were originally natives of Ireland, where...John and Jane (Work) Hunter, were born and reared. They were married in the old country, where John had learned the weaver's trade. In 1800 they sailed to America, first locating on a farm adjoining Buffalo village, [Washington County]. He packed salt over the mountains, then drove a team, and afterward took a contract to build a mile of the old National pike. He then bought a farm in Buffalo township, successfully following agricultural pursuits until becoming advanced in years, when he resumed his trade.

Mr. and Mrs. Hunter reared the following children: Robert (removed to Belmont county, Ohio), David (moved to Iowa), Alexander (deceased in Ohio), Joshua (deceased of Cholera in Wheeling, W. Va.), James (settled in Iowa), Margaret (deceased in Washington county, Penn.), William (of whom a sketch follows), Samuel (moved West) and one deceased in youth.

The parents moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and passed their declining years with their son Robert. They were members of the North Buffalo United Presbyterian Church under the ministry of Rev. David French. The mother of Mr. Hunter was born in Ireland and lived to be one hundred and nine years of age."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S7 Certainty: 0 Birth date: Birth place: Ireland Residence date: Residence place: United States Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=usnaturalizationindexes&h=2597306&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
2. ↑ Source: #S66 Place: America; Year: 1798; Page Number: 42 Certainty: 0
3. ↑ Source: #S7 Certainty: 0 Birth date: Birth place: Ireland Residence date: Residence place: United States Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=usnaturalizationindexes&h=2597306&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTP-3Y12?cc=1786457&wc=31SJ-J4Y%3A1588669308%2C1588669516%2C1588669670 : 24 August 2015), Ohio > Belmont > Kirkwood Township > image 21 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ “Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families : J.H. Beers & Co : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.” 2015. Internet Archive. 2015. https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jhbe_0/page/1166/mode/2up. ‌

• Source: S23 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Trees Certainty: 0 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14957553&pid=150

• Source: S66 Ancestry.com U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc

• Source: S7 Ancestry.com U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Microfilm Publications; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washi

• Source:"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKR-966 : accessed 17 July 2018), John Hunter, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 188, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 568,149.

This is a highly probable source. Son Robert was born in Somerset Pennsylvania the next year (1791) and the Hunter family had ties Name: John Hunter Event Type: Census Event Date: 1840 Event Place: Kirkwood Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States Page: 176

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M704 Affiliate Film Number: 378 GS Film Number: 0020159 Digital Folder Number: 005154843 Image Number: 00366

• Source:"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRX-TK1 : 16 August 2017), John Hunter, Kirkwood Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing p. 176, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 378; FHL microfilm 20,159.to Washington Pennsylvania throughout the 19th century.